diff --git a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc
index 8a6231e5..b0149315 100644
--- a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc
+++ b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void GlobalForkClient::ForceStart() {
                  "already running");
   absl::StatusOr<std::unique_ptr<GlobalForkClient>> forkserver =
       StartGlobalForkServer();
-  SAPI_RAW_CHECK(forkserver.ok(), forkserver.status().message().data());
+  SAPI_RAW_CHECK(forkserver.ok(), forkserver.status().ToString().c_str());
   instance_ = forkserver->release();
 }